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Originally Posted by OBW
I suppose that your version of love is "tough love." If you love your wife, you will be subject to her just as you are to Christ and the other Christians because of your love for them. The premise of a right to lead implies something that rises above your love. That will demand its place despite the love.
The rest of your comments are simply too canned to be taken seriously. It is like reading Lee to prove Lee is right.
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It's not loving to submit to one's wife, but foolish. Adam submitted to his wife Eve, and look what happened. When Eve offered Adam the fruit, the most loving thing Adam could have done is reject the offer and correct her. Adam taking the fruit and saying submissively "thankyou dear for the forbidden fruit" is not love at all, but something else.
The command to obey and respect is given to the one in subjection i.e. the wife (1 Peter 3:1, Eph 5:22). Their greatest temptation is to disobey, disrespect etc, because they are in a position of weakness and subjection.
The command to love is given to the one who is to rule over the other, the husband. Their greatest temptation is to abuse, because of their position of power.
The concept of husbands obeying and submitting to wives is just not in the bible in a descriptive or prescriptive sense. Greek scholars (e.g. Wallace) and Christian history agrees.